Composer, arranger, producer,
multi-instrumentalist. Born in Argentina, Daniel
Díaz has Spanish and
Argentinean citizenships and speaks Spanish, English, French and Portuguese.

He
studied music in Buenos Aires (theory,
electric bass, harmony, counterpoint, ear training) and attended to several courses and clinics such as: orchestration with
Carlos Franzetti, Improvisation with Gary Burton, Production and Bass with
Pedro Aznar, Tango History and Language with Horacio Salgan, and Argentine
folkloric rhythms with "Cuchi" Leguizamon.

In 1992 and 1996 he travelled the USA where he studied improvisation (with
Bruce Gertz and Oscar Stagnaro
at Berklee College of Music In Boston) and bass (with Mark Egan and
Percy
Jones in New York City and Alexis Skjlarevsky in LA.). DD moved
to Paris in 1997 where
he took upright bass classes with Michel Benita and François
Rabbat.

P

professional
career

For 20 years he developed an important carer as a
session and backing musician in Argentina and Europe, playing other
instruments among with bass, and toured and recorded with many jazz, rock,
fusion, Latin and Tango bands.

Simultaneously
he worked an arranger, producer and musical director with many projects and
artists

the USA,
Argentina and Europe.

Since 1997 he lives in Paris, France, where he
continued both his session musician and his arranger/producer careers,
recording and performing
live all around the world. He played/toured/recorded with: Juan Carlos
Caceres, Raul Barboza, Magik Malik, Minino Garay, Elise Caron, Francis
Lalanne, Peio Serbielle,
Jorge Chaminé, Teresa Berganza, Renaud, Miguel Angel Estrella, Tryo, Alfredo Arias, Cuerteto
Cedron, among many others.

Solo AlbumsFrom 1992 to 1997, in Buenos Aires, he played his compositions live with his own band, and started a solo recording carer
with the worldwide release in 1995 by North American label Green Linnet/Xenophile, of
his first album "The Years Alone". In this album Daniel Diaz composed,
arranged and performed 11 of his songs
composed between 1986 and 1993. He played most of
the instruments, but included guest appearances by some great South
American players.

He continued this recording career with "Segundo Ciclo" (1997) released worldwide by Timeless Records, and 10 more albums released
between 2000 and 2015.

Present
time, Production music, Films/TV:

2006 - Present
Late 2005 he started working for French publisher Cezame/FLE
as composer and producer-multi-instrumentalist for several albums on
their catalogue (Music library).

He continues his work
for Cezame and started a career as composer and
multi-instrumentalist for films, TV and documentaries, working for some
of the finest Music Libraries and Publishers
in Europe, U.S.A. and Canada (Sonoton, Getty, APM, etc). More than 530 of
his composition are licensed to these publishers worldwide.

He performs guitars and basses for the soundtrack of the
film Undertow composed by Selma Mutal, and continues his work as composer
for TV/Films. November 2009: he composed and performed the original music
for Tennessee William’s “Suddenly, Last Summer” directed by Réné
Loyon.

In March 2012 he composes and performs O.S.T.
for the short film « Quitte
Ou Double » by Alexandre Coffre
featured
on Cannes festival 2012
(France).

In the present
Daniel Diaz continues this new career as on demand film composer while
he keeps playing live an producing at a reduced pace: concerts
with Raul Barboza Trio and Norberto Pedreira Trio, and his
own solo output.

2016
• DD
completes the recording and the on-line publication of a comprehensive catalogue of
his
multi-instrumentalists palette: 50 Snapshots
• New collections for TV/Films (released by
Sonoton GmbH) "Minimalist
Steel Drums" 30 tracks composed and performed by Daniel Diaz

2015• D.D. is invited to the professional encounters at the
Festival International Du Film d'Aubagne•
Some new
tracks released by
Cezame Music Agency for their collection "Eastern
Europe Geopolitics"
• New collections for TV/Films (projects commissioned by publishers) and mixed
during the
first months of 2015: Metal
Works
and
Delete, Erase, And Other Solutions.
• American luthier Andrew Drake developed in collaboration with DD a 5
string electric bass for Daniel Diaz's solo work, the
DIAZ
CUSTOM 5,
this instrument was completed in April 2015, the first recording with it
took place in July 2015, an example here• American publisher
Omnimusic releases a new album "Equinox",
a collection including mostly DD'scompositions (from his collections "Delete,
Erase.." and "Electronica Sensible"

2014•
New releases for Cezame, Getty and Sonoton (production music).•
Bordertracksvinyl LP finaly released.•
Starts recording his last solo album,Swan Song• December 2014: releases a
collection of electronic music tracks created for different audio-visuals
projects during 2012-2013-2014:
electronica sensible.

2013New projects (artistic
and production music) :

• Ruta 40with Raul Barboza (Album for Cezame)
•
The Time (30 track album solo for Sonoton)
• Themes, a collection of some of his best themes for films and
TV.
•
Just Bass (Album with Daniel Finot et Arnaud Rozenblat,
for Cezame)
•
Zara Co-producing
and arranging for Peio
Serbielle's new album with co-producer
Patrick Bebey. Featuring Giles Servat and Karen Matheson

"Was it not Fate, that, on this July
midnight
Was it not Fate, (whose name is also Sorrow,)
That bade me pause before that garden-gate,
To breathe the incense of those slumbering roses?
No footstep stirred: the hated world an slept,
Save only thee and me." E.A.P.